... narratives from a textile artist's life where specific ideas or techniques have their origins from personal experiences, collections or teaching. I have many areas of interest - usually arts & crafts related.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Machine Embroidery: Adding eyes to a painted dragon …

Generally, phrases or verses aren’t one of my favourite methods of initial inspiration. But, if a particular phrase seems to ‘stick in my head’, it’s then usually written down or noted for future use, interpretation or reference - usually in a note book I started several years ago.

Such was the case of a Chinese proverb I came across "Adding eyes to a painted dragon"… the phrase being given as a name to my piece of machine embroidery.